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The Washington Post reports:
A D.C. chiropractor who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Tuesday to two months in jail for a misdemeanor offense. But he still faces a wrongful-death lawsuit accusing him of assaulting a police officer who later died by suicide.
The D.C. officer, Jeffrey Smith, 35, suffered a brain injury when he was struck with his own baton, according to the lawsuit. Smith, who killed himself nine days after the riot, was among four police officers who died by suicide in the weeks and months after battling the mob at the Capitol.
Walls-Kaufman, now 66, was not criminally charged with assaulting Smith because prosecutors said they lacked sufficient evidence to prove that allegation beyond a reasonable doubt. But the officer’s widow, Erin Smith, has filed a civil case against Walls-Kaufman.
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A Capitol rioter was sentenced for a misdemeanor offense. But he still faces a wrongful-death lawsuit accusing him of assaulting a police officer who later died by suicide, nine days after being struck with his own baton on Jan. 6, 2021 during the attack. https://t.co/u7JxfDGtdA
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 14, 2023
This case all started in August 2021, when online sleuths identified two men who were seen near the late Officer Jeffrey Smith, who died by suicide not long after the Capitol attack.
One of the men was David Walls-Kaufman. https://t.co/hZmQTpmnZJ
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) June 14, 2023
From a source: Here’s video of David Walls-Kaufman watching the windows get smashed shortly before he breached the Capitol with the surging mob. pic.twitter.com/NK7FXRFQRX
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) January 27, 2022